Yelp Overview: A Look at Deals, Reservations & Other Services

Yelp is one of the largest online local business search, review and recommendation service, which enables consumers to access ratings, and read reviews and opinions about local businesses like hotels, restaurants, salons, dentists and mechanics on their website. It competes primarily with other online business review services like Google Places, Yahoo Local, Angie’s List, CityLocal and Gumtree; display advertising players like Google, Yahoo, Facebook and AOL; and daily-deal sites like Groupon and LivingSocial. Great Speculations on Forbes.